Duplicating cash or receipt book



Nb Modbl.) E. E. GARRETT. DUPLIGATING CASH ORwREC-EIPT BOOK.

Patented June 26,1894.

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WITNESSES 3o able manner facing upward upon the holding U ITED "STATESPATENT OFFICE.

ELMERE. GARRETT, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

DUPLICATING C'A'SH 0R RECEIPT BOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent No. 521,87 9, dated June 26,1894.

Application filed February 7, 1 894. Serial No. 499,354. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ELMER E. GARRETT, of the city and county ofPhiladelphia and State of Pennsylvania,have invented an Improvement inDuplicating Cash or Receipt Books, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention has reference to duplicating cash or receipt books, andconsists of certain improvements which are fully set forth in thefollowing specification and shown in the accompanying drawings whichform a part thereof. I

My invention hasparticular reference to that class of cash, receipt orduplicating books which are employed by salesmen in retail stores whereit is necessary to duplicate the entry made by the salesman for thereceipt of money in the matterof purchases made. In some cases tworeceipts alone are required, while in others as many as four, andsometimes more, are necessary according to the method employed in thestore of keeping records of the sale.

My improvements comprehend certain constructions whereby proper entriesand one or more duplicates of the entry may be readily made, and wherenecessary, detached.

In carrying out my invention I employ two sets of sheets preferablybound into two books, one of these books is attached in any suitframe orcover. Upon this book is placed the carbon paper for duplicating, whichis suitably held in place bya transverse rod at-' forated so that theuppermost sheet of the I lower book, and part or all of the lowermostbooks.

customary to leave a portion of the sheet retained in the upper book asa record for the salesman. As this portion of the sheet is in the way offuture entries, the salesman pushes the book upward or backward untilthe said portion of the sheet passes back of a suitable obstruction.When upon drawing the upper book forward again. into position, the saidportion of the sheet will be caught by the ob struction and; caused tobe turned back out of the way of the-adjacent sheets of the two books.In some cases the sheet of the lowermost book alone will be detached,and in that case the lowermost sheet of the upper book is turned back byhand and the books readj usted before making the'next entry. This lattercase would be more common in a case of duplicating letters where thecarbon copy is to be mailed and the original retained. The generalconstruction of the device however is the same in both cases.

My invention will be better understood by reference to the accompanyingdrawings, in whichf Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved receiptor check book. Fig. 2 is a similar view of thesame open and in theprocess of turning one of the sheet portions containing an entry. Fig. 3is a perspective view showing the book in its open position. perspectiveview of the supporting frame detached from the cover. Fig. 5 is an edgeview of the-carbon paper and its support. Figs. 6 and 7 are respectivelyplan views of the upper and lower books. Fig. 8 is a plan view of aportion of the receivers sheet detachably supported in the upper book.Fig; 9 is a perspective View of a modification of my improved devicewhere the sheets of the lower book alone are to be detached; and Fig. 10is a perspective view of one end of the rod for holding the carbonpaper.

' A is the lower portion of 'the cover.

Fig. 4 isa A is the upper or movable portion of the cover, and a is theflexible joint between the two parts A, A. This cover or backing may beof any suitable construction, and if desired may be omitted altogether.I

B is a frame having two upwardly projecting side edges B between whichthe books are placed and guided. The side edges are provided with twoslots b, drespectively. The bottom of the frame Bis provided with anupwardly extending pin or projection E. The

lowermost book F is provided with an aper ture near its bound edgeadapted to receive the pin E as indicated in Fig. 2. In this manner thebook F is held between the side edges B, and against longitudinalmovement by the pin E.

H is the carbon paper and is looped as at h at one end, and a rod D ispassed through the slots cland carbon paper. lhe rod D may be providedon one end with grooves 01' to permit the rod to drop down into anarrower portion of the slot (1 to prevent its accidental withdrawalfrom the slot. In this manner the carbon paper I-[ may always rest uponthe uppermost sheet of the book F irrespective of the number of sheetswithdrawn.

G is the upper book, and may if desired be provided with an outer coverg of some stiff paper or flexible card. The upper book G is inverted andits face placed downward upon the carbon paper II as clearly indicatedin Figs. 1, 2 and 3, and is held in that position by means of atransverse bar, rod or roller P which is provided with bearings f whichfit into the slots b and may be detachable therefrom by a pin whichlatter may be withdrawn to permit one end of the roller or bar B beingwithdrawn from the slot when it is desired to insert a new book. It willbe customary to perforate the sheets of the two books substantially asindicated in dotted lines in Figs. 6 and 7, but it is to be understoodthat these perforations may be dilferently ar' ranged, if so desired,and as before stated may be omitted altogether in the case of the bookG.

As shown in Fig. 6, the sheets of the book G are perforated so as toleave sheet portions G adjacent to the binding and so as not to bedetached. After the removal of the detachable portions of the sheet fromthe book G, the book is shoved backward into position as shown in Fig.2, in which case the sheet portion G springs back of an obstruction orfinger J so that when the book is drawn forward again the said sheetportion is turned backward into the position clearly shown in Figs. 1and 3.

-It is quite evident that the finger or obstruction J may be formedintegral with the frame B as is indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2, butwhere a backing cover A is employed this finger may be simply riveted tothe said back.

The receivers sheet I has heretofore been secured firmly to the receiptbook, but the difficulty in that *case is that frequently the receiverwants settlements of the sales before the book is filled up, in whichcase the salesman has no receivers slip for future entries. In othercases to avoid this difliculty it has been customary to attach in thebook several receivers slips,but this is expensive inasmuch asfrequently one of said slips only is employed and the others areabsolutely useless. \Vith my improved book I employ receivers slips asshown at I, the upper end of which has the corners notched as at t' orso shaped as to enable it to be pushed up between the 'coverg and theadjacent sheet of the book G gle duplicate is to be removed, and where alarge sheet of original is to be retained, I may dispense with theperforations in the upper book G leaving the part G which turns back thefull length of the sheet, as is clearly shown in Fig. 9, the uppermostsheet of the lowermost book alone being detachable. In this case theperforations in the lower book would be adjacent to the binding. Whenthe books are employed in this manner it is inconvenient to turn thesheets G in the manner previously described where only a portion of thesaid sheet was retained, and I therefore prefer to remove or turn out ofthe way the transverse bar or roller Pin turning back the lowermostsheet G of the upper book. To facilitate this removal, the bar may bemade as indicated at I in Fig. 9, in which itis hinged at one end to theframe B, and at the other end is adapted to snap under a catch 12 whichgtkes the place of the removable pins 0 of In all of these constructionsit will be observed that while the hooks G, F are of substantially thesame length, the method of superimposing one upon the other causes thefree ends of the sheets of the two books to he stepped off or separatedas clearly indicated 'in Figs. 1 and 9, so that the adjacent sheets ofthe two books may be instantly found, and also to permit the readyreciprocation or movement to the upper book. If it were not for this, itwould be diflicult to find the line of division between the two books,and too of a frame, a book having detachable sheets secured to saidframe, a sheet of carbon or duplicating paper resting upon the uppersurface of said book, a support for said carbon paper to hold it inposition, an upper book inverted and arranged above the carbon paper andmovably supported so that it may be shifted bodily with reference to thelower book, and means carried by the frame for holding the said upper ormovable book in position upon the lower book and carbon paper.

2. In a duplicating book, the combination movable book in position uponthe lower book and carbon paper, and an obstruction or finger arrangedbeyond the lowermost. book and adapted to catch'the sheets of theuppermost book when reciprocated to turn them backward away from thelowermost book.

3. Ina duplicating book, the combination of a frame, a book havingdetachable sheets held to said frame, a sheet of carbon or duplicatingpaper resting upon the upper surface of said book, a support for saidcarbon paper to hold it in position, an upper bookinverted and arrangedabove the carbon pa- .per and movably' supported, means carried by theframe for holding the said upper or movable book in position upon thelower book and carbon paper, an obstruction or finger arranged beyondthe lowermost book and adapted to catch the sheets of the uppermost bookwhen reciprocated to turn them backward away from the lowermost book,and an inclosing case or cover secured to the frame and finger orobstruction for supporting the books and protecting them.

4. In a duplicating book, the combination of a frame, a lower bookdetachably secured to the said frame, a sheet of carbon paper restingupon said book, a movable support for said carbon paper to permit it torest upon the uppermost sheet of the book as the sheets are removed, anupper inverted book'movably supported above the first mentioned book andcarbon paper, and means carried by the frame to hold the-upper book inposition upon the lower book and carbon paper.

5. In a duplicating book, the combination of a frame, a lower bookdetachably secured to the said frame, a sheet of carbon paper restingupon said book, a movable support for said carbon paper to permit it torest upon the uppermost sheet of the book as the sheets are removed, anupper inverted book movably supported above the first mentioned book andcarbon paper, and means carried by the frame to hold the upper book inposition upon the lower book and carbon paper, consisting of a movabletransverse bar or rod resting above the upper book and connected withthe frame.

, 6. In a duplicating book, the combination of a frame, a lower bookcarried-by said frame,

an ofiset or step between the two books, means for holding the upperbook in position with the lower book with freedom of movement so thatthe upper book may be shifted bodily on the lower book, and aninterposed duplicating or carbon paper arranged between the adjacentpages of the two books.

7. In a duplicating book, the combination of a frame,-a lowerbookdetachably secured to said frame, an upper book resting upon thelower book but having the front or free ends of the sheets extended backor at a distancefrom the free ends of the sheets of the lower book toform an ofiset or step between the two books, means for holding theupper book in position upon the lower book, an interposed duplicating orcarbon paper arranged between the adjacent pages of the two books, andan obstruction or finger arranged at a distance above or beyond thelower book adapted to catch and turn theleaves of the upper book whenreciprocated.

8. In a duplicating book, thecombination of a frame, a lower bookdetachably secured to said frame, an upper book resting upon the lowerbook but having the front or free ends of the sheets extended back or ata distance from the free ends of the sheets of the lower book to form anofiset or step between thetwo books, means for holding the upper book inpositiop upon the lower book, an interposed duplicating or carbon paperarranged between the adjacent pages of the two books, an obstruction orfinger arranged at a distance above or beyond the lower book adapted tocatch and turn the leaves of the I face of said book, a support for saidcarbon paper to hold it in position, an upper book inverted and arrangedabove the carbon paper and movably supported, means carried by the framefor holding the said upper or movable book in position upon thelowerbook and carbon paper, and an adjustable receivers slip havingportions of its upper end notched or cut away so as to form a projectingportion adapted to be held in the binding of the upper book by friction.

10. A duplicating book, comprising two independent books, superimposedone upon the other with an interposed sheet of duplicating paper, theupper book being free to be shifted. bodily upon the lower book so as topermit.

the stubs or record sheets to be turned back from between the two booksand means to hold said superimposed books together with said freedom ofmovement.

In testimony of which invention I have hereunto set my hand.

ELMER E. GARRETT. V Witnessesz R. M. HUNTER, ERNEST HOWARD HUNTER.

